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Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) estimates that it will take 44 years to decommission its Fukushima Daiini nuclear power plant, located some 15km south of the accident-hit Fukushima Daiichi station.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 30 January 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfukushima-daiini-decommissioning-to-take-44-years-7743868
Following the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the Japanese government launched decontamination work in the surrounding area. With most of this work now completed, the European Geosciences Union (EGU) has today published an assessment of the effectiveness of the strategies used, with a focus on radiocaesium.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 13 December 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Effectiveness-of-Fukushima-decontamination-techniq
Target is to finish cleanup at site within within 30 to 40 years of the 2011 accident The government of Japan and Tokyo Electric Power Company plan to start removing melted fuel from Unit 2 at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station in 2021, according to the latest decommissioning plan.
The draft plan, revised for the fifth time and released on 2 November, said Unit 2 was picked first for the removal process because it is safer than Units 1 and 3, which also melted down after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.
The revised draft plan will be finalised after residents and experts give their opinions to a committee of cabinet ministers related to the decommissioning and contaminated water problems at the plant.
Investigations have confirmed that debris believed to be melted nuclear fuel at the bottom of the containment vessel in the Unit 2 reactor building can be lifted by a remote-control device.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 05 December 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/removal-of-melted-fuel-scheduled-to-begin-at-unit-2-in-2021-12-3-2019
France's Orano Group announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to strengthen their cooperation on the decommissioning of nuclear facilities at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant site. The agreement was signed on 11 September.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 08 October 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsorano-strengthens-cooperation-with-tepco-for-fukushima-decommissioning-7442823
France's Orano Group recently signed a cooperation agreement with Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to strengthen their cooperation on the decommissioning of nuclear facilities at the Fukushima Daiichi site.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 05 October 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Orano-and-Tepco-cooperate-further-on-decommissioni